Talk:Sundering (Stranglethorn Vale)

Change from beta

I see no reason why this page was changed from displaying a picture of the beta version of the whirlpool with the ship. It's an interesting tidbit. I'm also not thrilled about someone taking my screenshot and using it to write over the screenshot of the beta version. This doesn't save any disk space since both images are still saved. It has the effect of removing my name from the contribution. Not a huge deal, but it's annoying because I'm the one who contributed. Anyway, if I hear no objections I will be changing it back. MaxWilder (talk) 20:21, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

The name

Does anyone have a clue why this is called the Sundering? First of all I get the Shattering and the Sundering confused, so when I see this I'm like "wait, this is where Deathwing burst out?" Then when I remember the Sundering was actually when the Well of Eternity exploded, I still wonder what the hell this has to do with that, since it was created in the much more recent Cataclysm. Just seems like a bad choice of word to use for its name given how important the term is in the lore. - jerodast (talk) 20:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

To sunder means to split apart and the word sundering is derived from that. As can be read in the page, this subzone splits apart Stranglethorn into Northern Stranglethorn and the Cape of Stranglethorn. The name has nothing to do with lore. --User:Doomer007/Sig 20:54, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

I understand the definition. What you say is kind of my point - it has nothing to do with lore so why is it called the Sundering. In ENGLISH, without WoW context, it's a perfectly understandable name. But in WoW, the term "The Sundering" has been around for 10,000 years and is one of the most pivotal events in history. Anyone into the lore of Azeroth would recognize the name. So it's surprising that whoever named it (in-universe or at Blizzard) would name it the exact same thing.

It's like if 7-11 was creating a spinoff chain of stores and called it 9-11. People already have a pretty strong idea of what "9-11" means! - jerodast (talk) 02:42, 12 March 2014 (UTC)